Computation of aerodynamic coefficients for a flexible membrane airfoil in turbulent flow: A comparison with classical theory

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3346-3353

  Smith, Rick ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BUBBLE FORMATION; ELASTICITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; CLASSICAL INVISCID MEMBRANE WING THEORY; CONSERVATION LAWS; EQUATIONS NONDIMENSIONALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMIC MODEL; SHEAR STRESS TRANSPORT TURBULENCE MODEL;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROFOILS; MEMBRANES; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030440846     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869122     Document Type: Review

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